Globe-holder.



ARMSTRONG.

GLOBE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1911.

1,'( )-14;,433, Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

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j enemas o. 'An'Msrnone, or MARYSVILLE, OHIO.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES,C..AR1\I- STRONG, a citizen of the United States, residing at ,Marysville, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Globe-Holders, of which the following is a.

My present invention relates to improvements in that class of holders designed for securing globes to'gas and electric light fixtures, and has, among others, for its objects to produce a sim lo and extremely economi-' 'cal device by which the globe will be properly centered and securely held in place and against accidental displacement, and which yet may be quickly and easily manipulated to permit the removal or replacement of the globe when desired.

The invention includes the novel features of construction and arrangement and 001m bination of parts hereinafter described and particularly set forth in the appended claims.

A globe holder constructed in accordance with my invention is illustrated in the ac companying drawingsin which-- Flgure l is a plan view; Fig. 2 is a-side elevation; Fig. 3 is a section on line'3-3 of Fi 1; and Fig. 4' is a detail view of a modi cation.

Referring by reference characters to this drawing, the numeral 5 designates'the globe holding collar which may be of the, ordinary or any desired construction for holding the globes of either upright or inverted burners.

Themeans for retaining the globe in place in the collar comprises a spring wire 6v bent into approximately circular form and with the ends overlapping as indicated at 6,- the spring of the wire tending to contract it into a circle of smaller diameter than the retainin flange with which all globes are 'tions 6 of the wire are extende 'mately radlally outward through elongated provide The ends of the overla pingporapproxislots 5 in the'side of the collar, and are provided with knobs or handles to bc graspedby the thunlb andiin erby which they may be 'lrawn toward one :other when the globe is t'i'bereleased. {The handles are .formed by fending the ends into a loop or circle 6 and these-circular portions, coupled with the bend of the wire adjacent thereto, provide notches lb which engage the metal of the collar at the outer ends of the slots and cause the coil of the holder to Specification o-Letters?atent. Applleatlon filed Apri120, 1911; sa-1a1N0.'-m, 372.

' GLOBE-HOLDER."

be held in a concentric vposit-ion within the collar when in itscontracted position, thus properly centering the globe and preventmg any movement of the holderwithin the collar and consequent rattling. On itsopposite side thecoil 6 is provided with an integral radial loop or projection 6 which extends through a slot 5 in the wall of the holder. This serves to support the opposite side of the coil, and in order to further guard against accidental displacement of the coil .the outer end of the projection is bent downward as indicated at c. The coil is preferably provided with humps or small inward bands as indicated at G which bear against the. globe and prevent contact of the coil with theglass throughout its entire extent, thus reducing the liability of breaking of the glass.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that normally the globe is firmly retained by the contraction of the coil which is held properly centered in the holder by the notches of the outwardly extending ends,

but when the globe is to be released the ends of the coil are drawn toward each other, thus causing enlargement of the coil until itis of a size sufficient to permit the ends to be drawn together until the coil bears against the interior wall of the holder all around, which insures disengagement of the coil with the flange of the globe throughout the entire circumference thereof.

Instead of the handles on theends of the coil being, formed by outward bending of the ends, as indicated at- 6", they may be formed by inward bends as indicated at (3 and the notches or recesses formed by reverse bends of the wire as indicated at e.

Haying thus described my invention what I claim is 1. The combination with a collar, of a holder consisting of a piece of: resilient material bent to form a coil with ovgrlamt-ing parts, said collar having elongated'slots and said overlapping parts having terminal handle portions extending gmtwardti' through the slots, and having centering notches for engaging the outer ends of the slots.

2. The combination with a collar, of a Patented an. 9,1912.

' holder consisting'of apiece of resilient matei ial bent .to form a coil with overlapping slots; 3. The combination with a c01lar,-0f 'a parts, said cellar having elongated slots and said portions extending putyv'ardly through the slots;

.overl'apping parts having terminal.

Witnesses: handle and having: centering;

"notches for engaging the ontenends of the slots, said coil having onthe side opposite :said oyerlappingp'arts an integral projection seated ina slot in the holder and'provided-With a deflected retaining end.

In testimonylwhereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES, C. AR STRONG.

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